Qualified Nursery Practitioner

Childbase Partnership; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading children's nursery as a qualified Nursery Practitioner in Hitchin, offering up to 50 paid days off a year. Support children's learning through creative activities and personal development while enjoying competitive salary rates and excellent career progression opportunities. Enjoy a workplace that promotes your well-being.

Benefits

Up to 50 paid days off work

50% childcare discount

Perkbox access for discounts

£1,000 referral bonuses

Complimentary meals at work

Mental health support services

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Need to provide 'right to work in the UK'.
• Evidence of relevant qualifications essential to the role.
• DBS check and satisfactory references required.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding care and education for children.
• Encourage creativity and learning in various activities.
• Ensure children's safety and well-being at all times.

Skills

Creativity

Caring

Thoughtfulness

Education

Qualified to level 3, 4, 5, or 6

Job description

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Would you like to have up to 50 paid days off work a year , to further improve your ‘work-life’ balance?

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an architect? Join us and put your design skills to the test as you help the children to plan and build the grandest of sandcastles with a drawbridge, a moat, and flags flying high on the turrets.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a mathematician? Join us and encourage the children to count as together you stack blocks one on top of the other, higher and higher, one, two, three… they all fall down.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a chef-extraordinaire? Join us by helping the children to sow seeds in the garden, nurturing and harvesting your vegetable crops and then cooking them to perfection in a hot and creamy soup for everyone to enjoy. Oh, how yummy.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an artist? Join us and encourage the children to explore colour and texture as you dig deep in the craft cupboard for glitter and sequins, sculpt models from dough and mix paints to make rainbows.

You can be anything you want to be we truly believe that, and there really is no end to what you will achieve at Childbase Partnership, as an Early Year’s Educator. Can you think of a more rewarding role or a better career choice? No? Then consider joining us because our nurseries would love to welcome creative, thoughtful, and caring people like you. Work as part of our team providing outstanding care and education for our children. Whilst you’re inspiring the children in your care to dream big and achieve incredible things, we’ll support you to fulfil your full potential.

If your answer is YES to any of the above, then we have an opportunity for you to join one of our 44-day nurseries, where we are going above and beyond by giving our colleagues the opportunity to have up to 50 paid days off work a year , to further improve ‘work-life’ balance and promote better workplace happiness. This is a first for the Early Years Sector.

You will join us as a Nursery Practitioner (qualified) at our Highbury Lodge Day Nursery in Hitchin on a full-time basis (40 hours a week) and will work a variety of shifts between the hours of 07.30-18.30, Monday-Friday, all-year-round. We also have a maternity cover contract available.

We are offering an annual salary of £26,000-£29,681.60per annum, pro rata. On an hourly rate this equates to:

• £13.61-£14.27 if you’re qualified to level 6 or above.
• £12.50-£14.27 if you’re qualified to level 3, 4 or 5.

Just some of the benefits we have to offer you include:

• Up to 50 paid days off work.
• Childcare discount from day one; 50% for your children and/or 20% for your grandchildren.
• Perkbox access offering various retail discounts and reduced ticket prices on days out.
• ‘Recommend a friend’ bonuses of £1,000 every time you successfully refer someone to join our partnership.
• Complimentary breakfast, lunch and refreshments when you are at work.
• Thrive Mental Health App, Employee Assistance Scheme, Occupational Health Service and private medical care.
• Career progression and opportunities for future promotion, across our partnership.

Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation and evidence of any qualifications essential to the role, undertake a DBS check and provide satisfactory references, prior to commencing employment with us. If your application is successful, our recruitment and compliance team will be there to support you through our onboarding process, every step of the way.

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